This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

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Friday, January 24, 2020

Australian History
1788 -	French ships are noted outside Botany Bay just two days before Captain Arthur Phillip takes formal possession of New South Wales. [more]
1903 -	The Golden Pipeline, a massive engineering undertaking bringing vital water to the Western Australian goldfields, is opened. [more]
World History
41 -	Gaius Caesar (Caligula), third Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, is assassinated. [more]
1965 -	Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister who refused to be demoralised by Germany's Blitz campaign in WWII, dies. [more]
1972 -	A Japanese soldier, unaware that World War II ended almost thirty years earlier, is discovered hiding on Guam. [more]
1984 -	The Apple Macintosh computer is released. [more]

Thought For Today Love one another warmly as Christian brothers and sisters, and be eager to show respect for one another.
Romans 12:10 (c) GNB
Go out of your way to do good. Look for and acknowledge the good in others. It will encourage them.